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FAA Yet To License SpaceX Return To Flight

Pat Host

Tuesday, January 3rd, 2017

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FAA Yet To License SpaceX Return To Flight

Screen shot of footage from SpaceX failure on September 1 at Cape Canaveral. Photo from YouTube video by USLaunchReport.

The FAA has yet to issue a license for Space Exploration Technology Corp.’s (SpaceX) return to flight despite the company announcing it is targeting Jan. 8 for its first launch in four months.FAA spokesman Hank Price said Tuesday the agency has received the mishap investigation report from SpaceX and that it is under review. A SpaceX source said Tuesday the FAA has not processed the company’s application for its flight license, which would allow it to fly from Vandenberg AFB,…

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